• DocumentCode
    3149745
  • Title

    High repetition rate Q-switched Nd:YVO4 slab laser

  • Author

    Shi, Peng ; Zhang, Hengli ; Wang, Yongdong ; Diart, Robert ; Du, Kerning

  • Author_Institution
    EdgeWave GmbH, Aachen, Germany
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    22-27 June 2003
  • Firstpage
    18
  • Abstract
    A high power, high repetition rate, short pulse width with fundamental mode operation Nd:YVO4 slab laser was demonstrated. A birefringent polarizer and a high power BBO electro-optic Pockels cell were used for Q-switching.
  • Keywords
    Pockels effect; Q-switching; barium compounds; electro-optical devices; high-speed optical techniques; laser modes; neodymium; solid lasers; yttrium compounds; BBO; BaB2O4; Q-switching; YVO4:Nd; birefringent polarizer; fundamental mode operation Nd:YVO4 slab laser; high power BBO electro-optic Pockels cell; high power laser; high repetition rate laser; short pulse width laser; Charge coupled devices; Charge-coupled image sensors; Diodes; Laser stability; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Optimized production technology; Slabs; Space vector pulse width modulation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, 2003. CLEO/Europe. 2003 Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7734-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEOE.2003.1312080
  • Filename
    1312080